Livisi was built by the ancestors on the western branch of Antikragos, where the ancient Greek Karmylissos was built. This branch ends at the western coast of Asia Minor, which faced Rhodes. However, from the coast, you had to climb the mountain, and from the top, you would see below you, on the two slopes, Livisi. The small town did not face the sea; it had the sea behind it. It mainly faced east, but also south and north. It was 1921, late spring, early summer. From the northeast came Livisianaki, the young craftsman. Running, with his tsarouhia in hand, he climbed the large good cobblestone path to Taxiarchis and Stoumpo. Those who saw him running understood that he was bringing bad news. The boy stopped at Stoumpo, in the market with many shops. He could not make it to Taxiarchis. He fell on a bench and whispered: “They caught them… many guilds, many Livisians.” Shopkeepers and passersby gathered. It was a summer afternoon, and they had come out to the market. The first to learn were those who had people in the guilds. These were small groups of masons, tinsmiths, shoemakers, and other craftsmen who worked in Turkish villages and towns. Sometimes in the kazas (sub-administration) of Makri or generally in the sanjak (district) of Mougla, and other times in the distant vilayets (provinces) of Aydin and Smyrna.

Many Livisian craftsmen even reached Konya (Ikonio), Ereğli, Niğde, Kayseri, Sivas (Sebasteia), and high up in Pontus. They were good craftsmen and earned good money. Their village, built on the rocks, had no fields to cultivate. The few good lands in the plain were mostly owned by the Turks. The small workshops did not provide bread for everyone. Thus, they became craftsmen, and small groups (two, three, four men or more, depending) took the few tools and for many months, from March-April, they traveled across Turkey. Most returned in November-December and stayed with their families until March.